Iowa backs firing for 'absurd reasons'

The Iowa Supreme Court's ruling upholding the firing of a female Fort Dodge dental assistant with a 10-year exemplary work record because her middle-aged male dentist employer started finding her too attractive (though she never gave him any sign that she was sexually interested in him), again proves the old saying that unless you are working in a job where you have union representation - or can prove that you were fired because you were a member of a legally "protected class" (race, religion, gender, age, etc.) - you can be fired for a "good reason, a bad reason or no reason at all."

And now, in Iowa, we can add "an absurd reason" to the many other possible ways that allow employers to fire workers.

Gary Sanders

Iowa City

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Iowa backs firing for 'absurd reasons'

The Iowa Supreme Court's ruling upholding the firing of a female Fort Dodge dental assistant with a 10-year exemplary work record because her middle-aged male dentist employer started finding her too